Certified Tutors From Kenyon College

...to the international spotlight. I am also interested in Religious Studies because I believe our approach to religious and/or spiritual thoughts informs our conception of life and our place in it. Inspired by these interests, I compose light, colors, and words to capture the truths and meanings I see in the daily life.

...level. I've taught at Penn, University of the Sciences, and Methodist University in various social sciences, including anthropology, sociology, statistics, public health, and psychology. As a teacher, I'm guided by the idea that what I'm doing with students should be useful to them long-term. Making topics interesting, relevant, and accessible is of paramount importance because...

...an upper elementary teacher for the first 12 years of my time in the classroom. Then, I began working with older students in middle school and high school as well. At the same time, I was the head coach of a year round, competitive swim team and I worked with swimmers of all ages and...

...staff or clients. A diagnosis of ADHD for our son convinced me that teaching was where I was meant to be so that I could help him. I was accepted into an accelerated teaching program in New York City, earning my Masters in Special Education at CUNY-Hunter College, and taught in high schools in distressed...

...two years teaching painting and drawing at the Community College of Philadelphia. I love teaching some of the less intuitive subjects in physics such as special relativity and quantum mechanics, but have most experience teaching newtonian high school concepts. I am a visual learner and tend to teach visually using diagrams, graphs and graphics. I...

...a minor in Women's and Gender Studies. Since graduation, I spent a year teaching English abroad in Taiwan. Through my Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) certification I was able to hone my language teaching skills as well as my Chinese language skills. I have experience teaching a range of ages from elementary school...

...am able to teach writing, whether when I'm working at the Writing Center as a writing tutor or volunteering at Hola! Tutoring with the local Hispanic/Latino community. While I have tutored a variety of subjects and worked with students from preschool-aged to adult, I work best when tutoring high schoolers in reading and writing. I...

...studies. I began tutoring while getting my BA at Kenyon College, where I worked with middle and high school students of the surrounding community. I went on to tutor in Rhode Island, Germany, Philadelphia, and Boston. I have worked with individual students as well as small groups and I also have experience working as a...

...specialize in English tutoring for middle school up to high school subjects, including but not limited to close reading, essay editing, and creative writing. I am an incoming MFA candidate at the University of Florida in creative writing. I have written/worked for Yale News, Kenyon College, and Sweet: A Literary Confection, among other publications. I...

...whether the class in question is required or an elective. I am optimistic that such a mindset leads to success in both a short-term and holistic, long-term sense. Furthermore, I have ample experience in deploying a patient attitude to addressing learning challenges as they arise, including by rephrasing or reframing comments. The teaching approach I...